I'd also recommend you get a minisuite or at least a larger sized cabin, not the cheapest one offere

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Does anyone have any tips or suggestions for a cruise that is somewhat baby friendly? Meaning, safe for baby, crib rental or ability to bring pack and play aboard, high chairs, etc? Otherwise hotels on the san antonio riverwalk we plan to use a stroller or strap the baby to my husband to tour. I have never been on a cruise so I am not sure if there are certain cruises that are more accommodating for small children. The baby would be about 8-10 mo old so not old enough to need kids activities or anything. We would love to do Eastern Mediterranean but would be quite flexible on that, would also do caribbean or elsewhere. A specific cruise or even cruise ship/line suggestion would be great from someone who has been there and done that! Thanks!
You can usually request a crib when you make your cruise reservations; be sure to use a good travel agent or do it directly and ask the right questions. I would not recommend a pack and play because typical cruise cabins are so small, and unless you are driving to the cruise hotels on the san antonio riverwalk port, how are you going to get all this baby equipment to the port? High chairs will be easy and should be readily available onboard.
I'd also recommend you get a minisuite or at least a larger sized cabin, not the cheapest one offered (which is typically an inside cabin and can be quite small). Carnival offers some of the largest regular sized cabins hotels on the san antonio riverwalk of any mainstream cruise ship. Carnival is also very kid-friendly but does relatively few Mediterranean cruises, and I am not sure I'd recommend hotels on the san antonio riverwalk that anyway.
Most of the Eastern hotels on the san antonio riverwalk Med cruise destinations are extremely hot and not very baby-friendly, requiring you to walk or even tender ashore. And given the hassle of traveling to Venice or Rome from the US, I am not sure I could recommend that for you.
In the Caribbean, hotels on the san antonio riverwalk I'd look for itineraries and cruise lines that offer more docking and less tendering (so avoid Western Caribbean cruises that stop in Grand Cayman, which has no docking facilities). I'd also recommend a newer, more full featured hotels on the san antonio riverwalk ship that has a lot to do on board in case the weather is too hot to bring the baby ashore.
As far as I'm aware, the cruise lines will also charge the regular 3rd person fare for your baby. I've done several multi-generational family cruises and the full fare for the baby (as a 3rd person in the cabin) was always charged. No discount given because of age.
Getting a high chairs hotels on the san antonio riverwalk in the main dining room and buffet areas was never a problem. hotels on the san antonio riverwalk The last family cruise my sister's TA requested a "crib" for her cabin (which I believe was actually a pack and play).
I am 78 years old and I still remember with some pain vacationing hotels on the san antonio riverwalk with infants. Locked up in a small space all evening while trying to calm an unhappy child was no fun - and I don't think that the child was happy either. We could not afford a cruise, but a small apartment at the beach was affordable. It also was fairly hotels on the san antonio riverwalk easy to stick to a routine. Indulging children is not the route to lifelong gratitude.
How are you getting to the ship? If by air has the baby flown before? I say this because the changes in cabin pressures are especially hard for infants with as of yet not fully developed ear canals. Just a thought.